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Chadwick Boseman's hometown of Anderson, South Carolina is "enthusiastically working on a permanent public tribute" to the late Black Panther star, TMZ reported on Thursday. Boseman passed away last Saturday after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.
Soon after Boseman's death, tens of thousands of fans signed a petition to replace a Confederate memorial outside of the Anderson County Court House with a statue of Boseman. However, the office of Anderson Mayor Terence Roberts told TMZ that the statue can only be removed by a two-thirds majority vote in South Carolina's state legislature.
It's unconfirmed what form the Boseman memorial will take. TMZ reports that "the statue will include a mix of sculpture with mural and/or art elements," but that the Mayor's office will open the memorial's design to the public.
The FADER has reached out to Mayor Roberts' office for more information.
Soon after Boseman's death, tens of thousands of fans signed a petition to replace a Confederate memorial outside of the Anderson County Court House with a statue of Boseman. However, the Mayor's office told TMZ that the statue can only be removed by a two-thirds majority vote in South Carolina's state legislature.